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It’s a fairly unpleasant day here at the Gulch, cool with lots of wind and spitting rain. So I’m staying in and declaring it baking day; just got the bread out of the oven and in between bread duties I’m … Continue reading →

I haven’t had my morning walkie in more than a week. I can walk to the water tank and back but that’s about as much as I can stand. Day before yesterday I was on my feet for hours working … Continue reading →

So yesterday I finished sanding that toolbox D and I put together and started looking for a place in the powershed to store it. Problem is the toolshed is small and at the moment awfully cluttered – that’s the next … Continue reading →

Wrap them in free toilet paper.

I’ve had a couple of recent gigs away from the cabin that required tools, and was annoyed at my lack of a practical tote. So Torso Boy and I spent a couple of hours in Neighbor D’s very capable woodshop … Continue reading →

Even if it isn’t true, the world is nutty enough that it could be.

“We have always had social distancing. We used to call it being unpopular.” – unknown

I don’t know how they do this so quick, but I love it…

It was the sort of combination mattress/box spring you buy with a kid’s bunk bed: Not exactly heirloom furniture, because you know he/she will outgrow it very soon. I know it moved several times because I carried it to the … Continue reading →

This was the day. It came from a kid’s bunk bed, is at least 20 years old, and I’m going to go ahead and guess that’s way beyond its rated lifespan. For the past 3 years an inch of memory … Continue reading →

It filled the tank with remarkable speed – I don’t know what the flow rate on this particular pump is but it’s far greater than mine. And then when the level got to the float switch – noted by a … Continue reading →

You know how toilet paper has been in the news lately? That right there is as low as my TP supply has been in almost 12 years, since the Great Costco Buy of 2008. I’m a bachelor who lives alone: … Continue reading →

If this new pump’s flow rate is as low as I suspect it should be it’s too early to tell for sure, but… I will say with certainty that there’s more water in the tank than I expected to see. … Continue reading →

Yeah. We got some sun this afternoon so I turned it on. It seems odd to me that the controller should have been showing a fault code when everything was set to ‘off.’ But apparently, like Lady Gaga, it’s just … Continue reading →

A cool windy day, perfect for baking. Could have waited till tomorrow but baking warms the cabin and anyway tomorrow’s going to be at least a bit busier than today. I also get to figure out what to do with … Continue reading →

Powered by the sun, so it’s AOC approved! Wonder when we’ll start receiving our UBI checks? Yeah, I came to Landlady’s yesterday to find big trucks on her ridgetop. I knew she had called the local well company but that’s … Continue reading →

…that sense of how rich you are, when you’ve finally built the thing you’ve been starved for all your life. Funny how it can come out of nowhere… It’s been raining off and on for more than 24 hours so … Continue reading →

No complaint here. As somebody somewhere said, apropos of something, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.”

Our old friend and friend’o’the’blog Ian McCollum got interviewed in fergod’s sake Forbes.com about his Forgotten Weapons channel! It’s not a particularly well-written article, but it’s friendly and respectful. Is it a cool, weird world out there, or what?